Publication at Faculty of Science |
2011
Abstract
This paper examines social inequalities in smoking in the Czech population using multilevel analytical approach. Data were analysed by multilevel modelling using smoking in the past, current smoking and heavy current smoking as three outcomes of interest.
The analysis confirmed that current smoking is the most common among young people. Education was strongly inversely related to all three smoking outcomes.
While the association between small-area level variables and smoking were limited, smoking was more common in the areas with higher unemployment and with higher proportion of people with non-Czech nationality.